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No. 255,095. Patented Mar. 21,1882.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HALSEY H. BAKER, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

MANUFACTURE OF FRlCTlON-MATCHES.I

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 255,095, dated March 21, 1882. Application tiled June 1B, 1881. (No spcimens.)

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Beit known thatI, HALSEY H.BAKER,aciti zen ofthe United States, residing at: Plainfield, in Union county, and Slateot New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvementin thc Manufacture of Friction-Matches; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is afull, clear, and exact description of my invention, which will enable others skilled in the art t0 make and use the same.

Heretofore matches have been made by dipping the end of a solid splint into sulphur, paraine, orotherintlammahle matter, and subsequently tipping them with an explosive composition, which latter projects overand around the end,enlarging its diameter, which renders it liable to explosion by friction in packing and transportation. To remedy this objection I construct the splint with a cavity in the end to receive tbc explosive compound, whereby the latter is protected from friction against adjacent tips.l A much smaller quantity of the explosive is required for each match, and the splint thus formed may be dipped in the paraiiine or other inflammable material, either before or after the application of the explosive compound.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a longitudinal section of a match-splint, showing the cavity for recep- Fig. 2 is a similar view with the priming added.` Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the completed match. Fig. 4 is an end view of the same.

In the manufacture ot' my improved match I form a cavity, a, in the end of the stick or splint e, which is then filled with a measured quantity of the explosive compound c, so as to protrude slightly beyond the end of the splint, and said end is then dipped in parat'ne or any suitablcinammable material. The noise of the explosion is reduced in proportion to the reduction in quantity of explosive used, and is further smothered by the chamber containing it, while the thin edges of the stick around the explosive are more readily ignited than a solid splint, and by the composition being protected Within the cavity I can dispense with the crocus metalarium and other ingredients used only to give body to the explosive, and which cause the objectionable black mark left whereever a match has been struck.

A match thus constructed costs much less to manufacture, as it requires only one-fourth the usual quantity Ot' explosive compound. It is not liable to destruction by the explosive being knocked oli', and the matches cannot stick together, as is commonly the case with what are known as parlor-matches.77

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The match-splint c, formed with the cavity a in its end for the reception of the explosive compound c, substantially as described.

2. A match having the explosive compound inserted in a cavity in the end of the splint, as a new article of manufacture.

HALSEY- H. BAKER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE P. SUYDAM, J. OAKLEY NODEPED. 

